Report: ANI
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awaami Quwat Party Chairman and Chairman of Rawal General & Dental Hospital and Rawal Foundation, Khakan Waheed Khawaja, has said the education sector requires urgent attention and that his party will introduce a uniform education system across the country if it comes to power.
He expressed these views during a meeting with renowned educationist, researcher and scholar Colonel (retd) Syed Murtaza Ali Shah. Party Secretary General Malik Ijaz Hussain, Major (retd) Ahmed Nadeem Suddle and Shakeel Awan were also present.
Colonel (retd) Syed Murtaza Ali Shah shared proposals on implementing a uniform education system and briefed the party chairman on its potential benefits. He also presented an album of his publications to Khakan Waheed Khawaja.
Khawaja said he supported the establishment of think tanks and wanted an education system capable of providing Pakistani students with access to modern knowledge and international standards of higher education.
He said government schools should provide the same quality of education available in private schools to prevent a sense of deprivation among students and enable them to acquire modern skills and improve their employment opportunities.
